Section 27 — Wages during leave period.

27. Wages during leave period.—(1) For the leave allowed to him under section 26, an employee 

shall be paid at the rate equal to the daily average of his total full time earnings for the days on which he 

had worked during the month immediately preceding his leave exclusive of any overtime earnings and 

bonus but inclusive of dearness and other allowances. 

Explanation I.—In this sub-section, the expression “total full time earnings” includes the cash 

equivalent of the advantage accruing through the concessional sale to employees of foodgrains and other 

articles, as the employee is for the time being entitled to, but does not include bonus. 

Explanation II.—For the purposes of determining the wages payable to a home worker during leave 

period or for the purpose of payment of maternity benefit to a woman home worker, “day” shall mean any 

period during which such home worker was employed, during a period of twenty-four hours commencing 

at midnight, for making beedi or cigar or both. 

(2) An employee who has been allowed leave for not less than four days in the case of an adult and 

five days in the case of a young person, shall, before his leave begins, be paid wages due for the period of 

the leave allowed.